My Brains Crappuccino

To answer some emails asking why I haven’t written let first clear up some of the questions that were sent.

Did the computer that writes these mess up? Is it just a ghost writer that quit? Are you real?

Yes I am in fact a real person and not a machine, or a ghost writer. For those that don’t know what ghost writers are they are people that others hire to write for them but don’t get credit, the person that hires them gets all the credit and the ghost writer just gets paid. I know others that do have ghost writers and I think that’s just dumb. If you don’t have anything cool to say on your own then don’t hire someone to make you sound cool. Just don’t.

Are you dead?

Yes I died. What did I die of? I overdosed. I Od’ on answering too many questions like these. No I am not dead, if I was I wouldn’t be at the gym training everyday.

Are you quitting writing? Nope

Truth is I like to take at least 2-4 weeks off from writing completely. It helps me reboot and keeps me from burning out. I have a million things in my head everyday and a to do list that looks like a harry potter book so sometimes it does pile up.

So instead of burning out and putting up crappy stuff ill take a few weeks off to get back to normal.

Today ill start off slow. Rather than put up some awesome stuff right away, id like to get a lot of random stuff out of my head to let the good ideas and things come out.

So here are some random nuggets, some fitness and nutrition related, others …………….well , you’ll see.

Fitness is journey, not a destination. I see magazines that say 6 weeks to a better butt. Or some other stuff like that. Or ill hear people say I have a goal to be this and this in 3 months and that’s it. Really its NOT just 6 weeks to a better butt or 3 months and that’s it. It’s a lifelong thing. You think that after 6 weeks your butts gonna be great and that’s it, your done? It doesn’t work that way. Its lifelong so be prepared to keep working to keep that butt you built in 6 weeks.

Instead of reinventing the wheel. Why not follow something that has been proven and has worked! Success leaves clues and successful people always have something in common. Find out what it is and learn.

Me and Jen are big movie people, we try to go see a movie every weekend. Theres been a bunch of cool movies out this year but my favorites still Avengers. Weve seen it a few times and I think Jen learned that it gets me all hyper and pumped which is not good at midnight after a long week. I think action movies will be saved for the early day.

Fat loss isn’t as simple as calories in calories out. If it was that simple, starving would work. A colorie isn’t just a calorie. Im willing to bet everything the person that eats 3,000 calories of lean protein and veggies will be a lot leaner and healthier than the person eating 3,000 calories of mcdonalds.

Yes I despise mcdonalds. Hate is a strong word, ill use despise.

Yes even Ronald mcdonald. Just plain creepy

The human body is an amazing thing. Youll be surprised what it can do and how much it can take. Some people go overboard and take It for granted while others never really push to see theyre true potential.

Reading is important, the more I read the more productive I am. Read something you like everyday.

Writing stuff down somehow sets things in. I think the actual process of writing is a pain. I mean why write when weve got stuff like ipads to type and stuff. But for some reason actually writing stuff down helps it sink in or makes you feel better. I noticed this first hand. I have a white out board at home that I always write my goals and how im gonna get there. Another board has just some random stuff and quotes. But after moving to our new apt it took me a good 2 months to put those boards up again. At first I was like nah ill be fine. After a few weeks not really being productive and things staying the same I realized it was because I hadn’t put the boards up, more importantly I hadn’t written anything down. After writing things down everything went back to normal full speed. Another frustrating truth about life is you cant get around not writing

Give things time. Nothing ever happens overnight. We all know someone that starts working out one way then the next week does something else, then the week after does something else and in the end never gets the result they want. Stick to one thing that works and let it work. Example your working out regulary and decide to add in sprints twice a week, you cant do it one week and decide its not working so you throw it out. Wait at least 4 weeks and be consistent about it and see the magic happen.

Carb rotation is still one of my favorite ways of eating for fat loss especially after your body has hit a plateau

Karma is real. And there is a special moment when karma and god tag team to speed up the process and are like lets get this mofo! Case in point, this past weekend while poking fun at Anna limping with her sprints I pulled my hamstring and ended up limping home. Touché karma you win this time.

Youre legs are powerful and metabolic. Jump squats will always rev up your metabolism more and do more for fat loss than crunches. It takes 350,000 crunches to burn 1lb of bodyfat, think of that next time. I feel like yoda when someone asks why are we doing jump squats when I just wanna get rid of my stomach shouldn’t we be doing crunches? My reply: soon, you will see.

I read a cool article the other day by Mike Boyle. I cant remember all of it but the main point was sticking to the recipe. In cooking, you have ingredients you put together to make a certain dish. All the ingredients blend perfectly to make the dish. Improvising or adding or taking away things is where most people go wrong and create slop. You don’t put ketchup in cereal right? So why add in different things to a training program. If you get a training program, stick to the recipe, if you take out the exercises you don’t like, then add some you do and add other things cause you heard or saw on tv someone else was doing it. Then it really isn’t the training program you were given, it turns into something you created, slop. If theres an exercise you don’t like or not good at, chances are its because you need it the most. Stick to the recipe.

Being on Great Day SA again was awesome. I always have fun there.

All the housewive shows should be cut off the air. Its like nails on a chalkboard. I know if jen reads this ill be in trouble, but I would rather sit and watch morgan freeman read war and peace then watch those housewives shows. That is all

Olympic lifts and multi joint compound lifts build more muscle that any exercise. Men should do more of them and women too.

I think I might check myself into rehab for making fart noises. At the heb the other day me and jen were in the midst of a heavy conversation when one of the heb baggers bends down to get the waters and I turn and make a fart noise without knowing it. Jen sais I have a problem. Is it bad?

Women are meant to be strong, Tracey Anderson sais women should never lift weights heavier than 3lbs. For all the women who agree, please weigh your shopping bags and if it is over 3lbs immediately return everything you’ve purchased until your bag weighs only 3lbs. Your husband will thank me. Every woman ive know that goes shopping goes home looking like theyre doing farmers walks.

Meditate and try to de stress as often as possible. Theres no way all the negativity will flush out if all your drains are clogged.

The movie the Dictator was hilarious. If you get a chance go see it.

Growing up my main sport was powerlifting, I was awesome at it. Now after being out of the game for so long I feel too old to go back. It wasn’t until a conversation with the awesome Monica Brant that my interest in going back to powerlifting was resparked. I had asked her why she chose to get back into track, she replied “its nice to keep growing and exploring life and all the options so I figured I would give it a shot on a competitive level again.” Great answer, maybe a powerlifting meet will be in my near future.

If youre gonna splurge on a higher calorie meal or a sweet cheat meal. Do it after your workout when your body is more likely to try and use it as fuel and recovery. Don’t do it before and think ill just burn it off when I workout later.

That being said try and keep cheat meals to your planned day.

If you post a check in on facebook at krispy kreme doughnuts and get a text from me after. Just know this. Id rather you hate me tonight than hate yourself in the morning.

Who you are around people is who you portray yourself to be. Who you are when no one is around is who you really are. Same goes for what you eat.

You cook better to look better. Chances are there are healthier recipes of your favorite restaurant meal out there.

Are HCG shots really worth it and really work? If the HCG program requires you to eat only 500 calories a day along with the shot and youll get dramatic weight loss. Then have you ever met anyone take the HCG shots and eat normal and still get results? Then wouldn’t just eating 500 calories a day alone cause the weight loss? And wouldn’t it be safe to say the shots aren’t necessary and theres no need to mess with your hormones and cause a disruption and a $1500 dent in your wallet? And wouldn’t it be safe to say that the weight loss caused by a 500 calorie a day diet would be mostly muscle loss? And doesn’t losing muscle slow your metabolism? So isn’t the entire HCG thing dumb to begin with? I rest my case.